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The 4th Lecture Series, as a venue for dialogue to confer significant issues between stakeholders, was held last May 20, 2009 at the Amparaiso Resort, Amparo , Macrohon, Southern Leyte. The latest lecture series was hosted by Southern Leyte State University and made possible through a partnership between Local Government Development Foundation and Association of Schools of Public Administration in the Philippines, Inc. The Lecture Series theme is "Towards a Sustainable Local Governance".

Continuing the series of roundtable discussion, LOGODEF together with the Congressional Planning and Budget Department and Senate Economic and Planning Office held its third and final roundtable discussion entitled "Affirming of Decentralization Issues and Adoption of Proposed Reforms" last May 14-15 at Kachina Room, Century Park Hotel.

LOGODEF together with the Association of Schools of Public Administration in the Philippines, Inc., held the 3rd of the Sosmeña Lecture-Series at the Multi-media Center, Multi-purpose room, Silliman University, Dumaguete City with the theme "Local Governance: Coping with Emerging Challenges." The series of lecture discussions is designed to be a venue for discussing significant issues on local governance. Its primary objective is to popularize said issues to all stakeholders and to the ASPAP network.

Following the theme Determining Local Governance Reform Strategies and Constraints, LOGODEF, together with the Senate Economic Planning Office (SEPO) and the Congressional Planning and Budget Department (CPBD) held the 2nd RTD last February 19, 2009 at the Grand Ballroom I of the Hyatt Hotel and Casino in aims of identifying strategic actions to fast-track the identified priority local government issues for reform in the first Roundtable Discussion (RTD).

The Local Government Foundation and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung in cooperation with the Department of the Interior and Local Government and the Association of Schools of Public Administration in the Philippines launched on January 26 at the Manila Hotel the Fifth Konrad Adenauer Medal of Excellence (KAME) Award for 2009.

Consistent with its core mandate of advocating good local governance, LOGODEF proudly launched its latest work, Dr. Mariano J. Guillermo's "Measuring Municipal Performance and Forecasting Budgetary Requirements: The Tuba Experience" at the Strawberry Hall, RSDC Bldg., Benguet State University last December 5, 2008. With countries embracing democracy as a universal governance principle, focus on service delivery and sustainable development has continuously been emphasized, leading to the greater role local governments must portray as the state's frontline agents.